Fall Branch vs Spurgeon

A side-by-side comparison of Fall Branch and Spurgeon: population, income, housing, and more.

Fall Branch and Spurgeon are places in Tennessee. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Spurgeon has the higher population (3,749 vs 1,077 in Fall Branch). Spurgeon has the higher median household income ($66,091 vs $49,083 in Fall Branch). Spurgeon has the higher median home value ($197,500 vs $152,200 in Fall Branch).

Population, income & housing

	Fall Branch	Spurgeon
Population	1,077	3,749
Median age	48.6 yrs	44.2 yrs
Median household income	$49,083	$66,091
Median home value	$152,200	$197,500
Median gross rent	$829	$796
Housing units	548	1,967
Homeownership rate	82.1%	77.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.6%	21.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fall Branch	Spurgeon
Population	1,403 → 1,077 (-23.2%)	4,666 → 3,749 (-19.7%)
Median household income	$52,750 → $49,083 (-7.0%)	$56,667 → $66,091 (+16.6%)
Median home value	$146,500 → $152,200 (+3.9%)	$150,400 → $197,500 (+31.3%)
Median gross rent	$556 → $829 (+49.1%)	$814 → $796 (-2.2%)

Fall Branch

Population

1,4031,077

Median household income

$52,750$49,083

Median home value

$146,500$152,200

Median gross rent

$556$829

Spurgeon

Population

4,6663,749

Median household income

$56,667$66,091

Median home value

$150,400$197,500

Median gross rent

$814$796

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fall Branch	Spurgeon
Under 5	3.7%	5.1%
5 to 17	11.4%	10.2%
18 to 24	3.2%	12.3%
25 to 34	8.7%	13.1%
35 to 44	17.8%	10.2%
45 to 54	20.1%	9.5%
55 to 64	9.8%	21.9%
65 to 74	17.4%	8.6%
75 and over	7.9%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fall Branch	Spurgeon
White (non-Hispanic)	98.9%	81.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	9.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	6.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fall Branch	Spurgeon
No high school diploma	5.9%	3.8%
High school graduate	30.6%	34.8%
Some college or associate's	39.9%	40.4%
Bachelor's degree	14.3%	12.9%
Graduate or professional degree	9.3%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fall Branch	Spurgeon
Drove alone	89.9%	76.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	3.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.1%	17.4%
Other means	0.0%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fall Branch	Spurgeon
1-unit, detached	71.7%	69.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	6.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	5.8%	12.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	22.4%	4.6%

Poverty & households

	Fall Branch	Spurgeon
Poverty rate	19.7%	21.5%
Average household size	2.36	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	24	20
Median year structure built	1978	1979